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Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Ken nemi iseltzin ne itelpuchtzin, rey kitasujta kitasujta.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
Since he was his only one, the king loved him, he really loved him.
Pero kenemej tesu mawiltia ka afuera, muchijki entristeser.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
But, since he didn't play outside, he became sad.
Kilwia ne inan ma tinakan ne reynaj; kilwia ne inan: Tiut tiyawit tipashaluat nepa ka kujtan Tiut tiawit aber su timuchiwa alegrar chupi.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
His mother -- we mean the queen --, his mother said, "let's go take a walk there in the woods". "Let's go see if you won't cheer up a bit."
Kimakak pal mutalia pak se trusujtzin, shimutali kilwia.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
He gave her a block of wood to sit on; "sit down", he said.
Muchi ne doctores panutiwit aber asu kipajtiat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
Muchi ne doctores panutiwit aber asu kipajtiat. Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.
"All the doctors have come to see if they could cure him; they haven't been able to, they haven't been able."
Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Muchi ne doctores panutiwit aber asu kipajtiat. Tesu welitiwit tesu welitiwit.
"All the doctors have come to see if they could cure him; they haven't been able to, they haven't been able."
Jaika (Yajika) ja (ka) tesu pajti.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"So, he doesn't get better."
Kalikat ne yey pipiltzitzin se inmijmichintzitzin, wan ne seyuk kalika se itapajsul ne wilutzin mareño.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
The three boys brought some little fish, and the other brought a nest of the mareño bird.
Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Yut anyawit. Yu yawi anmuwan pal muchiwa dibertir, yu yawi anmuwan, tesu ja pal ankisumat.
"You'll go and he'll go with you; he'll go with you to have a good time." "He's not here for you to hit him."
Ka nepa, ka nepa kitemuat se inmichintzin wan ne seyuk ne itapajsul ne wijwilutzin.
Historia de un Rey · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Translation
There, over there they looked for some fish and the other one for a bird's nest.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976
Tesu kimati katka ka ne isiwaw se brujaj.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
He didn't know that his wife was a witch.
Teya su welik musalua.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
Witz ka madrugada ne itzuntekun. Teya su welik musalua.
The head came in the morning; she was no longer able to attach herself.
Kichijki luchar peroj tesu welik, pejki chuka, pejki chuka.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She strove to do it, but she couldn't; she began to cry, she began to cry.
Kinutza ne ishulejyu; ya tesu kichiwa kasoj, ken ne kuchikia, wan tesu kuchi.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She spoke to her husband; he didn't pay attention to her, as though he was sleeping, but he wasn't asleep.
Teya su weli; yawia miki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
He could no longer make it; he was going to die.
Sepa ne tzuntekumat tesu kineki naka ten tiupan, tesu kineki.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
The head did not want to stay outside in front of the church, she didn't want to.
Tesu kineki kutemu, asi es, tesu kineki kutemu.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She didn't want to get down; that's how it was, she did not want to get off.
Naja tesu nikmati, peroj nechilwijket ka nusiwaw brujaj, ma niktalij kwidado.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"I don't know, but they told me my wife is a witch, that I should be careful."
Pero kenemej nikmakak chil, teya su welik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
"But since I put chili on her, she no longer could."
Ashan nechilwia ne palej asu nikpia se nufinkita, ma niyu iwan, wan ne chijchiltik tzaput ma kikwa ne ujuksik, wan tami ma kimaka wan ne chijchikajtuk pal nikmiktia.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
"Now the priest told me that if I have a farm that I should go with her that she eat the red custard apples that are ripe, and then I should hit her with the hard ones in order to kill her."
Ne iishwiuwan teya su kinmaka ne takwal, se maya ne ienamorado sentakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
She no longer gave the food to her grandchildren; she only ate together with her lover.
Kinilwia ne iermanujwan: Nulama mitzinchiwa nemi joder; Tesu antakwat.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
He told his brothers, "my grandmother is screwing you; you're not eating".
Sanka kinilwia, tesu takwajtiwit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She lied; they had not eaten.
Tesu ja masat, ne inakayu tukujkul, ne idamuj ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
That was not a deer; it was the meat of their 'bogeyman', of their grandmother's fellow.
Tesu, tesu ja masat, sino ne idamuj ne inlama, ja yaja kimiktijket, wan kiwikaket ne nakat pal kikwa ne inlama.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
No, that was not deer, but rather their grandmother's fellow. It was him that they killed, and they took the meat so that their grandmother would eat it.
Kineki misuta, tesu welik.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
She felt like throwing up, but she couldn't.
Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
El Nanahuatzin · Cuisnahuat, 1976 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Kilwijket: Shikida lama, tiut tiyawit se apwesta. Ka panu ne iashish tzumpan kal, tesu tikmiktisnekit.
They said, "look grandmother, we're going to make a bet; whoever passes his/her piss on top of the house we don't want to kill".
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Pero yejemet te inaket la verdad sino ajsiket ankilwijket si por casualidad kitztuk se siwapil panuk ka ne cerca ikal ne diaj panuk ne urakanasoj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
But the did not tell the truth, but rather arrived asking if by chance he had seen a girl pass near his house the day of the big storm.
Tesu kitztuk, lo ke si ya kiajsik en campo libre se chumpipi.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Yaja (ne) tay kichiwki contestar, kaj siwapil? Tesu kitztuk, lo ke si ya kiajsik en campo libre se chumpipi.
What he answered was that he had not seen a girl. What he had found on open ground was a turkey.
Los tres ajsiket kan nemi ne plumas wan ne wejwesuj ka te kikwajtuk pelu.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
The three came to where the feathers and bones were that the dog had not eaten.
Kunij yemet (yejemet) kianket ne wesuj kichiwket se puniuj wan kitajtanket se bateya wan se buen puniuj at wan se carreton ileraj kiminket ka ikajku.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Then they picked up the bones, made a pile, and asked for a trough and a lot of water and a spool of thread, and they throw it into the air.
Kienej (kiane) kwikaket ne siwapil por ke ne takat en el momento ke kitak ne kichiwket la prueba kitak perfectamente ka se siwapil hermosa kiski tik ne wesuj wan ne plumaj.
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Actually, they took the girl because at the moment the man saw that they tried this, he saw perfectly (well) that a beautiful girl came out of the bones and feathers.
Kienej nechiwtuk kontar nutatanoy wan nunoyaj, wan esta fecha siempre panu urakan pero tejemet teya keman tikitaket su walkuwetzi se, yajiika an nikchiwa kontar nuamikuj pal kwika como recuerdo ini kwentuj. <arco>
Los Huracaneros · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
That's what my grandfather and grandmother told me, and big storms always come, but we never saw if one came to fall. So, today I am telling this to my friend so he can take this story with him as a remembrance.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
An trece de julio y dia de San Antonio nin ninemi nuchan tisennemit a la par wan se nuamikuj, witz wejka, yaja kineki kikaki kwentos tay tik nutechan kikchiwtuk suceder.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Today, the 13th of July and St. Anthony's day, I am here in my house together with my friend who comes from far away. He likes to hear stories about what has taken place in my town.
Kunij in, ah jodido; Entonces né tesu tamal ne tay nikwajtuk, mas bien ikwi turuj nikwaj.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Then he said, "oh son-of-a-bitch". "So this was not a tortilla I have eaten, nor bread, rather it was cowshit that I ate.
Desde luego ka nin tik numataw ojonbron plastas pal toroj witz, yaja nikwaj tesu pan.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Therefore, here in my bag are big cowpies; that's what I ate, not bread.
Naj su te nitekiti, te nitakwa.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
As for me, if I don't work, I don't eat.
Tatawilua wan ne espejuj, pero né tesu yaja idestino te keman kimiktij.
El Arco · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
He shined with his mirror, but that was not to be his fate; he never killed him.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
Nuamikuj ikustuj na nikchiwa kontar cuentos de cosas ke chiwki suceder nin tik nutechan, an nikchij kontar una cosa ke nutatanoy nechiwki kontar Ya nechilwij ka nin tik tutechan kaj de mala suerte kimutiat, kisa se animal ke yejemet kilwiat "Tzuntekumat". Yajika nutatanoy nechchiwki akonsejar kaj te ma ninejnemi tayua porke tamutiat.
My friend likes me to tell him stories about the things that have taken place in my town. Now I'm going to tell him something that my grandfather told me. He told me that in our town unfortunately one can be frightened. There's a creature they call the "skull". So, my grandfather advised me not to walk at night because they terrify you.
Tesu tiLionaj.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Se me afigura, kilwij yaja. Tesu tiLionaj.
"It seems to me", he said, "you are not Leonarda".
Kunij ne takat tesu tan miedoso.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Then the man was not so afraid.
Tiawit tikitat su cierto kaj taja tiLionaj!
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: asu
Translation
Kan kilpij, kilwia: Bueno, an tiawit ka muchan. Tiawit tikitat su cierto kaj taja tiLionaj!
When he tied her, he said, "OK, now let's go to your house to see if it's true that you are Leonarda".
Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: sujsul
Translation
Kwikak ne siwat ichan neyuk siwat itukay Lionaj. Wan Lionaj kichiwtuk sentir sujsul sesek, yajika muketztuk peyna bien tayua; kitatia tit pal panu isesek.
He took the woman to the house of the other woman named Leonarda and (this) Leonarda had been very cold. So she had gotten up late at night to light the fire to get over being cold.
"Taja tesu tiLionaj," nikilwij.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"'You're not Leonarda', I told her."
Al descuido nikilpij wan nusinidor wan nin nalwika pal niwitz nikita su cierto ka tesu tinemi."
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: asu, inté
Translation
"On the sly I tied her up with my belt and I'm bringing her here to see if it's true that it's not you."
Naja tesu nikistuk, nimajmawi.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
"I haven't left; I'm afraid to."
Kichiwa jwersaj wan kilwia: Shinechsutuma!
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
She struggled and said, "let me go!".
De la gran jwersaj, ke kichiwat saber ken kichiwki, ne takat kikashantij, kan kashanik, kunij welik sutumik, "kisa mutalua".
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
In their struggle, it's not clear what she did to make the man loosened her. When it was loosened, she was able to get untied; she took off running.
Pero antes de que ya musutuma, tay ora pejki kichij jwersaj pal yawi, muchiwa fijar ne takat ka ne siwat ne iijikshi tesu iijikshi ken pal jentej, sino ke iijikshi puru iijikshi tijlan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
But before she got untied, when she began to struggle to go, the man noticed that the woman's feet were not like people's feet, rather they were really chicken feet.
Kunij inak yaja: Ini tesu yek, ini nukujkul, pero nikchiwki jregar, porke nikilpij.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Then he said, "this is not good". "This is a spook." "But I messed her up because I tied her up."
Mukwepki kita tik ikaraj; Kitak tujtumak iish, tesu ken iish jentej.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
He turned around to look her in the face and he saw her large eyes, not like people's eyes.
Kan musutun ne siwat kiski mutalua, yaj muchiwki arrepentir.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
When the woman got away and took off running, he regretted it.
Naja nechchiwki kontar nutatanoy, kaj esas cosas, pwes keman yaja joven kikaktuk kaj kichiwtuk suseder tik techan.
La Siguanaba · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
My grandfather told me these things that when he was young he heard happen in this town.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Ne Sipitiyuj chikitikchin ma tumak ne ishumpe; tesu ombron, tresu kojtik, chikitikchin puruj jentej.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
The sipitillo is very small but his hat is gigantic. He is not big, not tall; he's very little, but pure human.
Varios tesu kishmatket ma ka kichij konvenir kisa, kisa con la noche, las doce de la noche, tayuwa.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975 · See in the dictionary: inté
Translation
Many haven't known that it doesn't pay to go out at night, at midnight.
Sucio el peludo wan tumak ishunpe wan chikitikchin.
El Sipitillo · Santo Domingo de Guzmán, 1975
Translation
He was dirty, hairy, and his hat was giant, and he was very small.
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